Upper for shoes



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UPPER FUR SHOES, I No. 292,464. I Patented Jan. 29,1884.

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U IT D STATES Y PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MOULTON BERRY, or FARMINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

' UPPER FOR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,464, dated January 29, 1884.

Application filed November 26, 1883. (No model.) 1

To all whom, it may concern,

Be it known that I, J OHN MOULTON BERRY,

of Farmington, in the county of Strafford, of

quarters, and tongue of the upper, they being in one piece. Fig. 5 is a pat-tern'of one of the ankle and instep parts. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on line to w, and Fig. 7 a similar section on line y z ofFig. '2.

In carrying out my improvement, I cut the vamp A, its quarters B B, or such, and the instep-tongue O in one piece of leather or material, as shown in Fig. 4, the said tongue being between or detached from the quarters, and at its lower part attached to and extended rearwardly from the vamp. The leg or ankle and instep portion of the upper, as usual, is in two separate parts, each formed substantially as shown at D in Fig. 5, they, in Figs. 1 and 2, being represented at D D. Each of these parts is notched at its lower edge near its toe or front end, such being as shown at a inFig. 5. Next, each of the said parts D D is to be applied to the vamp and one of the quarters in such manner that the part of it,

in' front of its notch 11 shall overlap the vamp and the part in rear of the notch shall underlap the quarter, the quarter at its upper edge being inserted in the notch a. Under this arrangement of each part D, and the quarter and vamp, they are to be stitched together I along or near to their next contiguous edges,

in the drawings, has" in it, near its edge, holes, eyelets, or hooks for reception of a lacing, F, for drawing said parts toward each other and upon the tongue where extending upward over the instep and front of the ankle of a person.

I do not confine my invention to having the parts D connected by stitching them together at their rear edges, as they may be otherwise there properly join edas, for instance, they may be in one piece of leather or material; but when in two pieces, stitched together at their rear edges, they can be made to better fit the leg of the wearer. The notches a in theparts DD enable the leg parts to underlap the quarters in order to prevent the upper edges of the latter from being inside of the shoe, and being obstacles to drawing it on the foot. When inside of the shoe, such upper edges are apt to chafe the foot of a person or interfere with the stocking, while the shoe may be in Wear or in the act of being drawn on the foot. I claim- 1. In the shoe-upper, .each of its two ankle and instep parts D D, notched at its lower edge near its front end, and arranged with and applied to'the vamp A and one of the quarters B B, so that the said quarter shall extend into the notch the leg-part portion in advance of such notch overlap the vamp, and the legpart portion in rear of the notch underlap the quarter, all being substantially and connected as set forth.

2. The vamp A, quarters B B, and tongue 0, in one piece of material, cut so that the tongue shall extend between and be detached from the quarters, in combination with each of the two ankle and instep parts D D,-notched at its lower edge near its front end, and arranged with and applied to the Vamp and one of the quarters, so that the said quarters shall extend into the notch, the leg-part portion in advance of the notch overlap the vamp, and the leg-part portion in rear of the notch underlap the quarter, all being substantially and connected as represented. j

JOHN MOULTON BERRY. Witnesses:

F ANK S. TIBBE'ITS, GEORGE W. BARKER. 

